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Women in Classical Athens
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Description
This book takes as its starting-point the images of women in the Parthenon sculptures, in order to investigate two levels of feminine experience in Classical Athens, the human and the divine. The inter-play between women's religious prominence and their domestic obscurity is examined in relation to the young citizen women who lead the procession; while the great goddesses represented in the frieze are studies in terms of their relationships with their human worshippers and, on a symbolic level, with the mythological females, such as the Amazons, who appear in the metopes. Finally, the book turns to a third aspect of th e feminine experience, and looks at the women who do not appear in the Parthenon sculptures - the prostitutes, slaves and alien women who made a vital economic and ideological contribution to the Athenian achievement.
Product details
| Published | 27 Nov 1998 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 148 |
| ISBN | 9781853995439 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 215 x 138 mm |
| Series | Classical World |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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